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we took part of these briefings of the obama administration team. we thought we had a program that was viable, limited, politically and legally realistic. one by way the entire intelligence committee have now been briefed into. to digress for a second, the major mistake we made, and i include myself in this, was in the early years of the program. the existence of the program, it was limited to the gang of 8. i think that was a mistake. by 2006 both had been briefed. we thought it was possible. we thought the obama administration could have continued the program in this limited form, at least maintained it as an option. it did not come to pass. i do not think any less realistically thought they would stick with it. we had not reviewed the executive order. guantanamo was out of our lane. this is a factual flaw in the film. they were saying this is not factually correct. we got a hold of the executive order again. all government will be confined to the techniques in army field manual. my friends and i have talked about this. i said not that you ask, th
we took part of these briefings of the obama administration team. we thought we had a program that was viable, limited, politically and legally realistic. one by way the entire intelligence committee have now been briefed into. to digress for a second, the major mistake we made, and i include myself in this, was in the early years of the program. the existence of the program, it was limited to the gang of 8. i think that was a mistake. by 2006 both had been briefed. we thought it was possible....
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pressure and to put politics over conscience. he's faithful to his job to bipartisanship and sound governance. he and his wife sylvia have created this institute and stanford and are now devoted to teaching the next generation of public services. and that is the stability and integrity that matter in democracy. as an organization committee committed to protecting the highest democratic values, we can think of no better honoree on our centennial than the man who presided over not only the disruption of al qaeda, but who suffered the historic changes of civil rights and opportunities here at home for his leadership and commitment to protecting american security and preserving the americas america's highest ideals, we are pleased and proud to present the 2013 centennial year would be presented and also the secretary, thank you. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> please have a seat. thank you very much. this is really a great and wonderful honor with a wonderful group on this hundredth
pressure and to put politics over conscience. he's faithful to his job to bipartisanship and sound governance. he and his wife sylvia have created this institute and stanford and are now devoted to teaching the next generation of public services. and that is the stability and integrity that matter in democracy. as an organization committee committed to protecting the highest democratic values, we can think of no better honoree on our centennial than the man who presided over not only the...
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there's no political ideology that finds this cruel loss of life acceptable. i was incredibly pleased to see president obama include as part of his comprehensive plan to prevent gun violence a bill that i first introduced in 2009 with mayor bloomberg a commissioner kelly called "the gun trafficking prevention act," which would be the first federal law to define gun trafficking as a federal crime and event scofers illegal gunsrom being -- scores of illegal guns from being moved into the hands of criminals. we have thousands of laws but effectively none of them are directly focused on preventing someone from driving from one state to another state with a load of guns in the back of a truck that they can sell directly to criminals. it's shocking to me as a mother. it's shocking to me as a lawmaker. but this is something we can actually fix. over the past three years, more than 33,000 guns used in violent crimes showed telltale signs of black market trafficking. 420,000 firearms were stolen and thousands of guns with obliterated serial numbers were uncovered by la
there's no political ideology that finds this cruel loss of life acceptable. i was incredibly pleased to see president obama include as part of his comprehensive plan to prevent gun violence a bill that i first introduced in 2009 with mayor bloomberg a commissioner kelly called "the gun trafficking prevention act," which would be the first federal law to define gun trafficking as a federal crime and event scofers illegal gunsrom being -- scores of illegal guns from being moved into...
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>> i am. >> what did you think of president obama's speech? >> i think it is a good opportunity for all illegal immigrants to try to gain citizenship here instead of working in other people's names and undocumented and not having a right. this is a good opportunity for them to get legal. >> rochelle is from las vegas, an independent college. >> what i find totally ironic is that president obama is at a school in clark county, which school whichspanic rat 40% of all spanish students drop out of high school there. they are the fifth worst school drastic. what president obama, i totally believe in what he is doing, i am very happy, and i think immigrants and americans all, we need education and we need to get reaffirmed with the whole culture of what make us who we are. i do not think our public education system are really doing that for anyone now. my young students, i work with a 70% hispanic rates, 5% of their immigrants coming from this country, and i wanted to educate them, but i was prevented from doing so. that is also a huge focus for me.
>> i am. >> what did you think of president obama's speech? >> i think it is a good opportunity for all illegal immigrants to try to gain citizenship here instead of working in other people's names and undocumented and not having a right. this is a good opportunity for them to get legal. >> rochelle is from las vegas, an independent college. >> what i find totally ironic is that president obama is at a school in clark county, which school whichspanic rat 40% of all...
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president obama's as part of why he went into politics was to make a difference for people on the south side and similar places throughout the country, but even after countless federal and dollarsomises, and not much has changed in poor urban centers. working in community organizations in chicago, and yet he has not shown a particular focus on that in his presidency. >> during the 2008 presidential campaign, barack obama spoke about why community organizing inspired him politically. >> during work in the community to try to create jobs, to bring people together, rejuvenate communities that have fallen on hard times. set up job training programs in areas that have been hard hit when the steel plants closed. that is relevant only an understanding where i am coming from, who i am fighting for. and why i am in this race. >> as my partner and i worked at the community center, we began to wonder, how did some cities it this way? to find out, we spoke to several urban experts. >> we have had from the suburbs since world war ii when the government give a lot of support for gun -- home ownership
president obama's as part of why he went into politics was to make a difference for people on the south side and similar places throughout the country, but even after countless federal and dollarsomises, and not much has changed in poor urban centers. working in community organizations in chicago, and yet he has not shown a particular focus on that in his presidency. >> during the 2008 presidential campaign, barack obama spoke about why community organizing inspired him politically....
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we discussed the issue of pursuit of political warfare as an important pressure. these are some of the highlights august. this group august. this groupon on to discussing syria, but all these issues and how it affects iran and flushes some of the parts i raced out further. just to conclude i want to thank at least in my office, senior policy analyst jonathan for all his hard work on this paper. also jennifer and andre smith and bill for their efforts, both for this paper in organizing this event. and, finally, i want to highlight jamie who is our communications director. let me turn to the panel. with a very distinguished panel, and mort zuckerman as an engine is going to be modern. i'm going to turn it over to mort but as many of you know, try to is editor in chief of "u.s. news & world report," publisher of the "new york daily news." ambassador eric edelman sitting to his left is co-chair of this task force, former undersecretary of defense for policy under president george w. bush, and he is not a distinguished practitioner in residence at the philip merrill ce
we discussed the issue of pursuit of political warfare as an important pressure. these are some of the highlights august. this group august. this groupon on to discussing syria, but all these issues and how it affects iran and flushes some of the parts i raced out further. just to conclude i want to thank at least in my office, senior policy analyst jonathan for all his hard work on this paper. also jennifer and andre smith and bill for their efforts, both for this paper in organizing this...
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he served in the obama campaign shared jim messin. jim messina quickly rose to prominence across the country. he became the obama deputy chief of staff for 2009 and went on to become the manager of the obama reelection campaign in 2012 d. she work with governor romney where she then served as his chief of staff and was a top adviser for the romney campaign. ms. myers is one of the inaugural fellows. in 2008, she served as a battleground state erector for the obama campaign. matt rhoades has been a lead strategist for the republican national committee. he was a research analyst in the 2000 elections. he was the director of research for the 2004 bush campaign. he was the campaign manager for romney. stuart stephens has gone on to elect more governors than any other current republican media consultant. he has also worked on campaigns overseas. he was involved in that media image for romney in 2008 and was a senior strategist for the presidential campaign in 2012. finally, our moderator for tonight is mr. chuck todd. he has experience as
he served in the obama campaign shared jim messin. jim messina quickly rose to prominence across the country. he became the obama deputy chief of staff for 2009 and went on to become the manager of the obama reelection campaign in 2012 d. she work with governor romney where she then served as his chief of staff and was a top adviser for the romney campaign. ms. myers is one of the inaugural fellows. in 2008, she served as a battleground state erector for the obama campaign. matt rhoades has...
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this is our president barack obama. he has given so much of choice for me and my children and my grandchildren over a period of year and all what we see is nothing but abinstruction just for politics by this so-called mitch mcconnell and all these republicans and people stop it. if they truly love this nation and love their grandchildren let them go forward instead of having them live on the inherited money. earn the living, be competitive in the world and go forward. this is what it is going on. what i heard today is from this other two, the marco rubio and the other guy and both are usually nothing but obstruction. they did not listen carefully what president obama is trying to say. further more, he did not talk about deficits? this is such a pure nonsense because job creation, when the job is going to be created, all it is going -- it has a rippling effect on the economy and it will be reduce the deficit. all these keeping of the surge and everything in place, keeping this nation far ahead of everyone in the world, t
this is our president barack obama. he has given so much of choice for me and my children and my grandchildren over a period of year and all what we see is nothing but abinstruction just for politics by this so-called mitch mcconnell and all these republicans and people stop it. if they truly love this nation and love their grandchildren let them go forward instead of having them live on the inherited money. earn the living, be competitive in the world and go forward. this is what it is going...
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why would there be such opposition to subject being the political appointees of the obama administration to the obamacare exchanges? or, as my friend from wyoming pointed out so correctly, the president himself? it is, after all, called popularly "obamacare." and even the president has embraced that name. so you would think, i suspect if there were a health care plan calls "enzicare," the senator from wyoming would be happy to be covered by it and he would probably be very careful to draft a plan that he wouldn't be willing and excited to be covered by. what does it say that the people in charge of enforcing obamacare on the american people want out? they want a special rule. the i.r.s. employees' unions, the men and women who are given the statutory responsibility of going to america, going to hardworking americans and forcing americans to comply with obamacare, they have said in writing, "please, let us out of obamacare. we don't want to be a part of this thing. this is our health care you're talking about." the most profound issue we are dealing with here today is not jobs, is not the
why would there be such opposition to subject being the political appointees of the obama administration to the obamacare exchanges? or, as my friend from wyoming pointed out so correctly, the president himself? it is, after all, called popularly "obamacare." and even the president has embraced that name. so you would think, i suspect if there were a health care plan calls "enzicare," the senator from wyoming would be happy to be covered by it and he would probably be very...
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politically i don't that was visible. imagine in the spring of always doing some massive housing bailout. on the hill and there are people who can speak for themselves, the idea of a massive bailout was told in fear and the tea party sentiments they came out after which would've ended just as well. one could imagine doing that and that would address the underlying problem. totally unfair but you can imagine doing it. in 2009, january, they could have done it. they had car. basically in the end of the didn't use much hard. there's a sense in which the new administration was prudent at a time when in retrospect they probably had been imprudent. it probably could've gotten away with it spent what do you think, trying to? >> i was just thinking, if we thought about one sector where there was evidence of overseeing it would be housing. most of the real economy by the way does not show any evidence of overheating. up to the spring of 2008. one exception is housing with 2.2 million starts, the average was 1.5. it look like somet
politically i don't that was visible. imagine in the spring of always doing some massive housing bailout. on the hill and there are people who can speak for themselves, the idea of a massive bailout was told in fear and the tea party sentiments they came out after which would've ended just as well. one could imagine doing that and that would address the underlying problem. totally unfair but you can imagine doing it. in 2009, january, they could have done it. they had car. basically in the end...
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i know we'll take an act of political courage for many members of congress to support an assault weapons ban of 2013 but the time for courage is now. how many more children, how many more police officers do we have to lose for our elected representatives to do the right thing? please take action now in the interest of the most important special interest groups in america, all of american. >> thank you very much. it is very much appreciated. i would like to, did you treat sandy hook victims? >> yes. i was in the e.r. that day when the victims came in. >> can you describe the kinds of wounds and the number of bullets in these small bodies? >> there's privacy rules in hippa that prevent me from detailing the type of wounds. but most of the victims didn't come in when you have such horrific injuries to little bodies, they don't make it to the hospital. the coroner from the state of connecticut, he stated that each body had three-11 bullets. when a child has three-111 bullets and it is an assault-type bullet and it does not go in a straight line, it goes through and it opens up. that is not a
i know we'll take an act of political courage for many members of congress to support an assault weapons ban of 2013 but the time for courage is now. how many more children, how many more police officers do we have to lose for our elected representatives to do the right thing? please take action now in the interest of the most important special interest groups in america, all of american. >> thank you very much. it is very much appreciated. i would like to, did you treat sandy hook...
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i have shared with president obama the fact that we recognize all political forces in mexico, finally. i would like to share with all of you that we fully agree that our nation, our people must move to another community. we are all part of the trade integration process. we have reached high levels of development. still, there is potential to make other nations of collaboration and integration of north america. we can make a more competitive region. i would like to conclude by quoting the words of former president kennedy. they were shared during his visit 61 years ago. i have shared this with president obama, but i would like to share it with all of you. president kennedy said to president lopez mateos -- geography has made us neighbors. tradition has made us friends. let us not allow a gap where nature has denied it. and so, we have this understanding, this dialogue, this climate we have set up. we hope it will give us more growth, more development, or opportunity for our people once again. i would like to welcome president obama and his delegation. i hope that your stay in mexico is
i have shared with president obama the fact that we recognize all political forces in mexico, finally. i would like to share with all of you that we fully agree that our nation, our people must move to another community. we are all part of the trade integration process. we have reached high levels of development. still, there is potential to make other nations of collaboration and integration of north america. we can make a more competitive region. i would like to conclude by quoting the words...
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known as obama pollster and political journalists in this room and do polling. anybody who has done public polling gotten a call from joel usually how terrible your poll was or what was wrong, what was wrong with your polling. mark blumenthal sitting next to joel is senior editor polling editor of "huffington post" and founder of pollster.com. for those not on it you should be book marking however that works these days in the fancy social media world making sure you're on getting that information. they do analysis. they do aggregating. another, also good egg and a great cyclist which is very important. alan murray, sitting right next to him, president of pew research. you also may remember him from his days being a journalist. oh, right? >> years. >> years ago at "the wall street journal." and at the very end wearing a baseball tie because you are surveying all the parks in america, is that correct? >> yes. i just finished a tour with my son of three or four stadiums. >> you have to hit the speak button. we'll get to that in a second. if you don't know him he is
known as obama pollster and political journalists in this room and do polling. anybody who has done public polling gotten a call from joel usually how terrible your poll was or what was wrong, what was wrong with your polling. mark blumenthal sitting next to joel is senior editor polling editor of "huffington post" and founder of pollster.com. for those not on it you should be book marking however that works these days in the fancy social media world making sure you're on getting that...
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administration a political reason to release deportable aliens. surely otherle budgetary considerations could have come first such as cutting conferences or detailees or travel. releasing illegal immigrants ves them little incentive to report themselves. many will become fugitives. further more, the director has indicated that i.c.e. has had to reapprehend four out of the 10 of the illegal immigrant for more severe crimes. to make matters worse, many of these individuals released lack the money, family, support, and the ability to get a job. not just because they are present in violation of the law but because they have a criminal record. this is a ultimately, the nonsensical action demonstrates the inability and a lack of desire on behalf of the administration to enforce the law, even against illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes. to make matters worse, they undermine the goodwill necessary to develop a common sense, step- by-step approach to improving our immigration laws. pleasureime, it is my to recognize the ranking member of the com
administration a political reason to release deportable aliens. surely otherle budgetary considerations could have come first such as cutting conferences or detailees or travel. releasing illegal immigrants ves them little incentive to report themselves. many will become fugitives. further more, the director has indicated that i.c.e. has had to reapprehend four out of the 10 of the illegal immigrant for more severe crimes. to make matters worse, many of these individuals released lack the...
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. >> barack obama spoke about the white community organizing .nspired him politically >> doing work in the community to try to bring people together the have fallen on hard times, to set up training in areas that have been hard hit when steel plants close, that is relevant only in understanding where i am coming from, who i believe sen. >> we begin to wonder how to some cities get this way. to find out, we spoke to several experts about urban decline. >> when the government gave a lot of support for homeownership and encourage peopleo buy inexpensive houses out on the fringe and left the inner city behind. create newush to towns and hi. of's forget there is a lot value in the old communities. >> a lot of detroit was planned and developed around the automobile. when you look at what has , some of the factories have moved out of the city. some of them are not functioning any more. were people's jobs. those people are now gone, so one big issue we are facing is a population loss. example ofis a prime urban decline. crime and poverty have been exacerbated by racial tensions. whites were le
. >> barack obama spoke about the white community organizing .nspired him politically >> doing work in the community to try to bring people together the have fallen on hard times, to set up training in areas that have been hard hit when steel plants close, that is relevant only in understanding where i am coming from, who i believe sen. >> we begin to wonder how to some cities get this way. to find out, we spoke to several experts about urban decline. >> when the...
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and now it has become a category 5 political hurricane that is not just causing havoc in certain regions of the country. it is ripping apart every region of the country, from tiny hamlets and towns to major cities where people are finding confusion, chaos, cancellation, cost increases, all of which were predicted as if you had noah reporting that the storm was coming three years ago and the administration and the democrats in the house were in denial. they misled and they did nothing to prevent what is now unfolding. and so i think 2014 is going to be a referendum on the failures of this administration and its notion and philosophy that big government has the answers, big government can do things better, and americans now fully appreciate that that's not the best approach. and further, that they want a check and balance on the obama administration and its big government ideas. now, they did not have that check and balance when the health care law was passed only with democrat votes and speaker pelosi shut out every single amendment in the house that was -- tried to be offered in the rule
and now it has become a category 5 political hurricane that is not just causing havoc in certain regions of the country. it is ripping apart every region of the country, from tiny hamlets and towns to major cities where people are finding confusion, chaos, cancellation, cost increases, all of which were predicted as if you had noah reporting that the storm was coming three years ago and the administration and the democrats in the house were in denial. they misled and they did nothing to prevent...
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president obama promised he would do this in his first year. he did not. the worry is we go at this again and it doesn't work. the president gets all the political points. the republicans get all the political blame. a political victory but not a strategic victory for the country. we need to make this a national purpose of policy and not an exercise in politics. i hope we'll keep our eye on that. that is going to be the big challenge. host: we have an idea from jbc. al in rhode island, hi, al. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. the american people want immigration but they want legal immigration. we do not one no favoritism for anybody. you talk about language. the chinese came here. it is not right. this president is so far off the ball. we will bring 11 million more people into this country when we don't put those people to work first? i did not think that is right. we have other problems that are more important. we're flooding this country with unskilled workers. guest: the only reason on skilled workers come to this country is because there is
president obama promised he would do this in his first year. he did not. the worry is we go at this again and it doesn't work. the president gets all the political points. the republicans get all the political blame. a political victory but not a strategic victory for the country. we need to make this a national purpose of policy and not an exercise in politics. i hope we'll keep our eye on that. that is going to be the big challenge. host: we have an idea from jbc. al in rhode island, hi, al....
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cabinet affairs for the obama administration. he was the executive director of the obama 2008 organization. he is working closely with us on partnership efforts on new political appointees. we also have josh bolten sitting here, who ran the very best ever transition out for and in ministration amongst many other remarkable achievements. terrific to have him here. the johnson not only ran bush transition coming in, but is a true expert in the history of transitions. that is a good adjective. he is someone that we got to work with closely in the bush administration and was one of the true stars among the management in the bush administration. he ran thes department of security first transition ever. scholar onis a the issue of transitions and on the subject of the white house generally. nationalhe head of the academy of public administration. this is a fantastic organization and a great ally. the work is done by boston consulting group. peter is here. here.are folks from bcg they have helped us in a number of ways that i will yet b
cabinet affairs for the obama administration. he was the executive director of the obama 2008 organization. he is working closely with us on partnership efforts on new political appointees. we also have josh bolten sitting here, who ran the very best ever transition out for and in ministration amongst many other remarkable achievements. terrific to have him here. the johnson not only ran bush transition coming in, but is a true expert in the history of transitions. that is a good adjective. he...
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i have shared with president obama but we recognize all political forces in mexico. i would like to share with all of you that we find it -- we fully agree that our nations and our people must move from being neighbors to being part of a community. already part of a trade integration process. we have reached high levels of development, but there is potential for collaboration and integration of north america. we can make a more productive and more competitive region. i would like to conclude by quoting the words of former shared duringedy 51 years ago. we have shared this with president obama, but i would like to share it with all of you. president kennedy said who the president, geography has made us neighbors. now uson has made made us friends. let us not allow a gap to form. thisis why we barraso climate we have setup-- we bow so this climate we set up will give us more growth and development and more opportunities. this goes for your delegation. you are welcome to mexico, and i hope your state is fruitful and that you enjoy your stay as well. [applause] >> thank
i have shared with president obama but we recognize all political forces in mexico. i would like to share with all of you that we find it -- we fully agree that our nations and our people must move from being neighbors to being part of a community. already part of a trade integration process. we have reached high levels of development, but there is potential for collaboration and integration of north america. we can make a more productive and more competitive region. i would like to conclude by...
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i think we have seen with the policies obama and a lot of things bush did, it is reflecting the political reality. the question for us in this room and for us as americans, is to say, it is kind of bleak to think the united states will have to operate drones and have shady partnerships in places like yemen. it is hard work. it is costly. it does not necessarily conform with how we like to idealize ourselves as a nation. would we be willing to accept a certain inevitability, as i think europeans, that there will be terrorist attacks from time to time and it is not the end of the world. this side what i think janet napolitano when she was head of the department of homeland security talked about the idea of resilience. i'm not saying that we should accept that as a reality but it is something that will come up. on the one hand, everyone says would you accept another mass terrorist attack? of course not everyone wants to accept that. what if that means not having a powerful n.s.a. and drone wars, things that we're beginning to see some people saying they don't want either. i think that the si
i think we have seen with the policies obama and a lot of things bush did, it is reflecting the political reality. the question for us in this room and for us as americans, is to say, it is kind of bleak to think the united states will have to operate drones and have shady partnerships in places like yemen. it is hard work. it is costly. it does not necessarily conform with how we like to idealize ourselves as a nation. would we be willing to accept a certain inevitability, as i think...
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. >> but we are doing it now because of politics. >> frankly we are doing it now because obama did not do it the first year he was president wiki said he was going to. this is not -- like he said he was going to. this is not about a partisan argument. publicans need to be for this because it is good policy. democrats need to be good for the state -- before this because it is good policy. it could've come up in the last four years, and it did not. alec has come up. i think we'll see a lot of bipartisan support. the reason is not good politics. reagan used to say at the end of the day good policy is good politics. if you have good policy, you do what is right, you get good results. the new get good results, you get reelected. that is the reason we ought to be doing it. >> why are we doing it? >> i would say both parties feel toeed for political reasons forge a consensus on good policy. there's nothing wrong with that. republicans -- i would say the canary in the coal mine politically would be asian- americans -- if you were a pollster from gallup, you do not have a lot of knowledge of am
. >> but we are doing it now because of politics. >> frankly we are doing it now because obama did not do it the first year he was president wiki said he was going to. this is not -- like he said he was going to. this is not about a partisan argument. publicans need to be for this because it is good policy. democrats need to be good for the state -- before this because it is good policy. it could've come up in the last four years, and it did not. alec has come up. i think we'll see...
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who their political leaders would be. the administration has, now, of course, embraced elections in haiti that banned the largest political party from participating. that is -- [inaudible] we ought to be ashamed of ourselves. and president obama took some pains to try to block the president's return to his country from south africa. that is a violation of the international covenant on civil and political rights, which the united states is a party. .. >>. >> guest: that is very true am in a particular human rights. we have these wonderful instruments that come on with the founding of the united nations after 1945 spearheaded in many ways with the universal declaration of human rights and one that followed that much with the education of the developing world with colonialism beyond discrimination. because the united states won the war it largely had a bigger steel of on the link which with civil and political rights a big similarity there but it is important to realize that the same time across the world had ratified by a i
who their political leaders would be. the administration has, now, of course, embraced elections in haiti that banned the largest political party from participating. that is -- [inaudible] we ought to be ashamed of ourselves. and president obama took some pains to try to block the president's return to his country from south africa. that is a violation of the international covenant on civil and political rights, which the united states is a party. .. >>. >> guest: that is very true...
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president obama announced he would suspend plans u.s. military exercises with the egyptian military in comments made on martha's vineyard. here is the headline. they say it shows the limits of u.s. sway, writing a rebuke underscored the limits of u.s. influence with the nation's generals, who benefit 1.3 billion dollars a year in military aid. in addition to canceling the high-profile military exercise scheduled to begin next month, obama said his national security team will consider further steps as necessary, a comment that puts military aid in question. we will show you the president's comments next from martha's vineyard and then back to your comments and calls. >> good morning, everybody. i just finished a discussion with my national security team about the situation in egypt. i wanted to provide an up eight. -- an update. let me get by stepping back. the relationship between the united states and egypt goes back decades. it's rooted in our respect of egypt as a nation, ancient center of civilization, and cornerstone for peace in th
president obama announced he would suspend plans u.s. military exercises with the egyptian military in comments made on martha's vineyard. here is the headline. they say it shows the limits of u.s. sway, writing a rebuke underscored the limits of u.s. influence with the nation's generals, who benefit 1.3 billion dollars a year in military aid. in addition to canceling the high-profile military exercise scheduled to begin next month, obama said his national security team will consider further...
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let's allow obama cares to have the space on the front page. >> a quick rejoinder. i think we look forward to a .ebate millions of american people are now eligible at the lower end of the income scale. millions more who have health problems and millions more find they get a fairly reasonable deal on the affordable care act. the focus is there. >> it is a great debate, but we will not have it today. i want to ask each of you this question. shrewd leader in minnesota of the republican party. have you been surprised that the republicans in washington have not been a victory dance in the end zone? they swept into power in 2010 with a very coherent argument that spending was out of control. the budget deficit was unsustainable. here we are with the fastest decline in the government's budget deficit in washington since world war ii. the cbo is reporting that for the next decade, the budget deficit will be in the two or three percent range. why isn't that republicans seem to make that victory dance? >> you are correct. left-wing democrats should be shaking their heads. the
let's allow obama cares to have the space on the front page. >> a quick rejoinder. i think we look forward to a .ebate millions of american people are now eligible at the lower end of the income scale. millions more who have health problems and millions more find they get a fairly reasonable deal on the affordable care act. the focus is there. >> it is a great debate, but we will not have it today. i want to ask each of you this question. shrewd leader in minnesota of the republican...
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would place an ad on television attacking president obama's daughters. [applause] even in this, at times outrageous business of politics which we're all engaged, we must have the sense to not attack the families and children of those of us engaged in public service. the n.r.a. has struck an incredibly new low in public discourse and that ad should be removed immediately. it has -- [applause] that ad has no place in the legitimate dialogue that must take place in order to make this country safer for all of us, especially our children. thank you madame leader. >> thank you mayor for your powerful testimony. miss nottingham your son, personified what so many people choose to do, we're happy that you are here to share your thoughts with us. welcome. >> thank you for having me. it's fitting that we're holding this meeting near the gabe zimmerman room. gabe was my son and he worked with your colleague, congresswoman gabby giffords. a man armed with high-capacity magazines and a semi automatic weapon shot the congresswoman then turned on the people who ran to s
would place an ad on television attacking president obama's daughters. [applause] even in this, at times outrageous business of politics which we're all engaged, we must have the sense to not attack the families and children of those of us engaged in public service. the n.r.a. has struck an incredibly new low in public discourse and that ad should be removed immediately. it has -- [applause] that ad has no place in the legitimate dialogue that must take place in order to make this country safer...
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i'm interested in politics. i want to call about the guy who called a little bit earlier talking about president obama never serving a war. just because he didn't serve in the united states military, he still has some kind of intelligence of the united states military. people serve and very different careers. that is him and they are ignorant of those different categories. present obama has done an amazing job in his first 100 jays -- days. i think his administration is working well with republicans and democrats in congress making sure that america is on the right track for the future. host: a couple more calls. sharon in sun city. , florida.s, sun city i like to, don -- what i would like to comment on is, i could give on take president obama, but when he said no one should have to file bankruptcy for healthcare, i want to make the comment that i'm doing that as we speak. i'm filing bankruptcy because i am $100,000 in debt because they cannot afford healthcare. i work, i am a nurse. there is no perks. i can onl
i'm interested in politics. i want to call about the guy who called a little bit earlier talking about president obama never serving a war. just because he didn't serve in the united states military, he still has some kind of intelligence of the united states military. people serve and very different careers. that is him and they are ignorant of those different categories. present obama has done an amazing job in his first 100 jays -- days. i think his administration is working well with...
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i think politically that is a dangerous thing to do. and i do not think it will work. if it works, that is one thing. but i don't think it will. i think it will put millions of people's honor work and will damage the economy and hurt innocent people. we will give you the mike back, so you have the chance to respond. >> i understand that but i think it is a false argument. the house could pass two versions, a continuing resolution that excludes obama care that has that. granted, the senate, we know what they're going to do. we do. obamacare was passed against the will of the people. we look to our supreme court to step in. they failed us. we look to our congressmen to do that, and to your credit 40 times you guys have said get rid of it. insanity definition is that we keep doing the same thing again. that is not going to cut it. so this is our last chance, and it is more than just who's going to win the political power play if we shut down government? it will be what will the future of our country look like in a decade. >> i agree. >> look at social security. i think th
i think politically that is a dangerous thing to do. and i do not think it will work. if it works, that is one thing. but i don't think it will. i think it will put millions of people's honor work and will damage the economy and hurt innocent people. we will give you the mike back, so you have the chance to respond. >> i understand that but i think it is a false argument. the house could pass two versions, a continuing resolution that excludes obama care that has that. granted, the...
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later, president obama on gun violence. with more and more political news choices and services and more personalities driving that political news, we thought we would spend some time on infotainment and political journalism. we will bring you a recent conversation on the issue from los angeles. hour and 50n minutes, we will open up the phones to hear from you. we will hear from a couple of , ands, one being jane hall patrick gavin from politico. they will join the conversation here on c-span. we will also have facebook. we posted a question for you. lots of questions so far on what your thoughts are on the connection between infotainment and political journalism? here is one comment. fox and msnbc are nearly wall- to-wall infotainment. they do not even attempt to be journalistic at the primetime slots. says they give you at least a laugh. bill donohue back the iraq not war. the #we are using is infotainment. we are using is infotainment. to los, we take you angeles. recent conversation with a couple of journalists, includin
later, president obama on gun violence. with more and more political news choices and services and more personalities driving that political news, we thought we would spend some time on infotainment and political journalism. we will bring you a recent conversation on the issue from los angeles. hour and 50n minutes, we will open up the phones to hear from you. we will hear from a couple of , ands, one being jane hall patrick gavin from politico. they will join the conversation here on c-span....
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>> all politics is local. >> all politics is local. you know what, i am very hopeful. i have no inside information on this but i am very hopeful that the presidential library will be in chicago. i think it's very important, and i know that the leadership in chicago, both local and lay leadership in chicago for much would like that. it would be a tremendous asset and a great legacy for the city. so i'm very hopeful that that would happen. and you know, i respect the president and the first lady. if they decide what they want to live. they are young and -- first of all, i wouldn't focus in which right now on where they're going to live afterwards. i focus on we've got three more years. that's a long time. so i'm not really planning or thinking that much about everyone's future after the three years. we've got a lot to do in the meantime. >> another twitter question. from d.c. wildcat 90. it says it's a good bit of infrastructure is a priority with experience of map-21. how will the commerce department encourage this? >> well, yeah, we've been part of the proposal, part o
>> all politics is local. >> all politics is local. you know what, i am very hopeful. i have no inside information on this but i am very hopeful that the presidential library will be in chicago. i think it's very important, and i know that the leadership in chicago, both local and lay leadership in chicago for much would like that. it would be a tremendous asset and a great legacy for the city. so i'm very hopeful that that would happen. and you know, i respect the president and the...
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so like barack obama has been eager to harp on the odds for political purposes, in the narrative he has been pedaling for the four to five years. the little people at the bottom of the society don't get a fair shake. millions and billions, according to him, or the richest 1% have edged out everyone else from opportunities for success. america's economy has become a -- for the privilege few, and unless government barack obama's government intervenes heavily, the poor and the middle class will never thrive. in this paradigm, in mr. obama's paradigm i had no business getting out of the ghetto at least not without receiving a welfare check. this is because barack obama doesn't just peddle the benefit of the welfare state. he really ped dahls the welfare state mentality. the mentality is even worse than the welfare state itself. it absorbed individuals of personal responsibility. it confines them to grievants and encourages even justifies their sense of entitlement. since the election of last november, republicans have been hyper ventilating about how much more effectively mr. obama and his
so like barack obama has been eager to harp on the odds for political purposes, in the narrative he has been pedaling for the four to five years. the little people at the bottom of the society don't get a fair shake. millions and billions, according to him, or the richest 1% have edged out everyone else from opportunities for success. america's economy has become a -- for the privilege few, and unless government barack obama's government intervenes heavily, the poor and the middle class will...
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and didere a pollster not have a knowledge of american politics and you were told, here is a group that has more entrepreneurial, higher than average incomes, higher graduation rates, and they support president obama's wouldtion, 75-23, that be surprising. asian-americans are the canary in the coal mine for republicans if we have lost conductivity to emerging voters not because of our policy but because we are not engaged in issues important to them, then we pay a price. promisingcannot keep to do things and not trying, so i think all parties are focused on this, and when you have a window of opportunity you need to engage. egg structural problems. there are a lot of things that need to get done, but here is a place where the process seems to and we should not be critical of that. we should be celebrating that democracy can work when people build confidence, do not think there is an effort to try to outdo one another and forge a consensus, which is the ink done right now. -- which is being done right now. the efforts are underway, and it leads me to believe there is a good chance there
and didere a pollster not have a knowledge of american politics and you were told, here is a group that has more entrepreneurial, higher than average incomes, higher graduation rates, and they support president obama's wouldtion, 75-23, that be surprising. asian-americans are the canary in the coal mine for republicans if we have lost conductivity to emerging voters not because of our policy but because we are not engaged in issues important to them, then we pay a price. promisingcannot keep to...
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it seems that president obama's paid political operatives are out in force today. [applause] and you know why? and you know why? because the men and women in this room scare the living daylights out of them. [applause] in 1980, in a situation every bit as dire as the one we face today, a revolution began across this country, the reagan revolution, and i am looking at an awful lot of foot soldiers and generals from the reagan revolution, a lot of the men and women in this room bear the scars and understand the power that when the people rise up, ultimately sovereignty resides in one place and one place only in our constitution, and it is with we the people. [applause] and i will suggest a model for how we turn this country around in the next couple of years, and it is the model that we have been following together for the last couple of months to stop that train wreck, that disaster, that nightmare that is obamacare. [applause] i do not know how many of you remember that movie "the usual suspects," where they describe the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was con
it seems that president obama's paid political operatives are out in force today. [applause] and you know why? and you know why? because the men and women in this room scare the living daylights out of them. [applause] in 1980, in a situation every bit as dire as the one we face today, a revolution began across this country, the reagan revolution, and i am looking at an awful lot of foot soldiers and generals from the reagan revolution, a lot of the men and women in this room bear the scars and...
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and most people get a lot of what goes on in politics and washington is background noise. and the background noise comes pretty much from the main stream media and people forming an opinion of romney and obama and so on,ed the -- fox news doesn't reach most of those people. fox gets great ratings. it has a loyal audience. but look at the shows. bill o'reilly show the most popular. it gets 2 or 3 million people a night. that's not the electorate. we have a big country. >> more with political comment date or the and executive editor fred barns monday at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> the house republican's budget plan would balance the budget in ten years by reforming the tax code and medicare and repealing the president's healthcare law. paul ryan spoke for a half hour. >> what we have here is the house budget committee republican majority putting out yet again a budget that addresses america's needs, a budget that is balances the budget. it's a path to prosperity, a responsibility balanced budget. we believe that we oh the american people a balanced budget and for the third stra
and most people get a lot of what goes on in politics and washington is background noise. and the background noise comes pretty much from the main stream media and people forming an opinion of romney and obama and so on,ed the -- fox news doesn't reach most of those people. fox gets great ratings. it has a loyal audience. but look at the shows. bill o'reilly show the most popular. it gets 2 or 3 million people a night. that's not the electorate. we have a big country. >> more with...
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politics of washington. does he pay attention to this? guest: he does. he certainly pays attention to approval ratings, especially given a lot of his governing philosophy and the political leverage she believes he has comes from public support. it is why he tends to rally the public outside the beltway, when he is trying to pass key legislation. it is why organizing for action exists. when enthusiasm for him goes down, he believes his political power goes down. in contrast to the last time , after thehis low first of debt ceiling showdown, there were few opportunities to regain ground. the last time was the election year when he could make a case to defend his record. this time you do not have a moment like that way you can say give me another chance. -- dig be harder to send out of a hole like this. it is pretty easy to write off a .ame-duck resident people look for opportunities to do so in this town. you highlight another obstacle facing, digging out of perceptions. the closer we get to 2016, the more the
politics of washington. does he pay attention to this? guest: he does. he certainly pays attention to approval ratings, especially given a lot of his governing philosophy and the political leverage she believes he has comes from public support. it is why he tends to rally the public outside the beltway, when he is trying to pass key legislation. it is why organizing for action exists. when enthusiasm for him goes down, he believes his political power goes down. in contrast to the last time ,...
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they are saying great i can negotiate with obama, but he can't get a budget, can't do this. so what makes us think that if we negotiate this with you, you're not going to pocket what we offer on our side and then you're not going to deliver on your side. so that is a big challenge for us. thank you. >> thank you, george. you just heard a lot of very good ideas on the iran nuclear issue. let me just underscore a couple key points i am hearing and then we'll get to the questions of justice sector. as david said, iran's nuclear program is advancing slowly in some areas, quickly and other areas. so there is time for diplomacy still. but that time can't be squandered. as we heard of george and colin, both sides need to exhibit more creativity. more realistic thinking of the key issues. we can't simply. there is a new team in iran. the more positive words need to be tested out and talks need to begin soon. and the syria crisis is going to affect things and it certainly is going to put it down i am the p5+1 talks. the diplomatic option remains the best option as difficult as it is,
they are saying great i can negotiate with obama, but he can't get a budget, can't do this. so what makes us think that if we negotiate this with you, you're not going to pocket what we offer on our side and then you're not going to deliver on your side. so that is a big challenge for us. thank you. >> thank you, george. you just heard a lot of very good ideas on the iran nuclear issue. let me just underscore a couple key points i am hearing and then we'll get to the questions of justice...
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president obama talks about gun violence in his visit to denver. later, henry paulson on the economic and political pressures facing china. >> people like to ask me, how did you come across this story? people always ask writers that. what happens a lot of time you find a news story when you are supposed to be working on something else, which can be frustrating at times. that is what happened to me. i was doing a little internet research one day. across.the photo i came was on the department of energy website. they put up a little newsletter and this newsletter was saying this month in outcome rich history, something along those lines. i looked at these machines with the dial and knobs and i was so sucked into it. the women looked so lovely and they have the nice posture and the 1940's hair dos. i read the caption and it said these young women, many high school graduates from tennessee were enriching uranium for the world's first atomic bomb, however, they kid not know that at the time. >> one of the manhattan projects secret cities saturday at 11:0
president obama talks about gun violence in his visit to denver. later, henry paulson on the economic and political pressures facing china. >> people like to ask me, how did you come across this story? people always ask writers that. what happens a lot of time you find a news story when you are supposed to be working on something else, which can be frustrating at times. that is what happened to me. i was doing a little internet research one day. across.the photo i came was on the...
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for the most important political battles of the political party. he served as the director of paid media for president obama's campaign. tim served as college senior and quickly rose to prominence in campaigns across the country. he became president obama's deputy chief of staff of operations in 20009 and went on to become the manager of obama's re-election campaign in 2012. beth meyers started with the campaign in 1980 and has been in politics ever since and worked with governor romney since the 2002 campaign when she served as his chief of staff and was a top adviser for the romney campaign for the presidency. she is this week's inaugural fellows for the institute of politics. >> general mali dylan rose quickly from being a clinton advocate in college to working on campaigns over the years. in 2008, she was the deputy campaign manager for his successful 2012 bid. matthew rose has been the lead strategist for the republican national committee and was a research analyst for the rnc in the 2,000 election. mr. rose was director of the opposition rese
for the most important political battles of the political party. he served as the director of paid media for president obama's campaign. tim served as college senior and quickly rose to prominence in campaigns across the country. he became president obama's deputy chief of staff of operations in 20009 and went on to become the manager of obama's re-election campaign in 2012. beth meyers started with the campaign in 1980 and has been in politics ever since and worked with governor romney since...
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the obama administration decided not to offer that to egypt early on and i think that was a mistake. that would have been something very positive for egypt to work toward and i hope in the future that might be back on the table if conditions change. >> if i could respond to the question. i find myself being in the position of the debbie downer on this panel but so be it. the quick answer to your question is no. within the u.s. government they are not the kinds of incentives to provide serious economic relief to egypt. regardless of what type of regime is in control the u.s. enjoyed friendly relationships with mubarak at the structural investment programs didn't go very far. they weren't helpful for the kind of egyptians you are working with. and i don't think we are going to see a free trade agreement. that didn't happen under the bush administration and research from mike luck david explained to me very plainly. he said if you look around the region the u.s. signs free trade agreements with countries with which it does not trade. so that is when you are going to get a free trade agr
the obama administration decided not to offer that to egypt early on and i think that was a mistake. that would have been something very positive for egypt to work toward and i hope in the future that might be back on the table if conditions change. >> if i could respond to the question. i find myself being in the position of the debbie downer on this panel but so be it. the quick answer to your question is no. within the u.s. government they are not the kinds of incentives to provide...
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he said well, as i remember i will ask for the second tranche if obama's is okay. one of the things people should look at, political scientist should look at is the extent to which this is affected by the fact that some of the most important decisions ever taken by the american government were taking during a transition. and at that point when i asked the obama people, i said paulson says he will do it. and the response i got back was well we'll have one president at a time. at that point i was a little frustrated and i said, i thought that overstate the number of presidents we had at that time. [laughter] and i was chided by both, but here's the deal. i wish we'd gone to the public policy standpoint more on mortgage rates but people who think that was necessarily popular are wrong. once again there was a strong conservative argument. hey, i pay my mortgage. why the hell are you taking money to get to those people? there were some people who are victims and some people who bought a house, and then he went up in property and they took out a home equity loan and boug
he said well, as i remember i will ask for the second tranche if obama's is okay. one of the things people should look at, political scientist should look at is the extent to which this is affected by the fact that some of the most important decisions ever taken by the american government were taking during a transition. and at that point when i asked the obama people, i said paulson says he will do it. and the response i got back was well we'll have one president at a time. at that point i was...
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i think his criticism was probably a political necessity on his part. it was an effort to drain off some of the agony and i will say again i'm sure in my own mind or remember this clearly. we have two periods. it's pre-and post-aig bonuses. chris was very in fairly lame because he tried to stop aig bonuses. people accused him of allowing them and that is when all the anger really i think was unleashed. >> whatever political demonization happened whether it was necessary or not my question and i go to you neel is this. when tarp was originally conceived you thought the banks were going to keep the money for how long? the reason i asked the questions because they gave it back very quickly. some people think that's a good thing but clearly that was not part of the plan. >> our entire goal was to prevent the economy from collapsing so we wanted to put as much capital in the financial system writ large as possible and have it sit there. we decided to be there for three years and pay back over time. the rules and that being change for political reasons. the p
i think his criticism was probably a political necessity on his part. it was an effort to drain off some of the agony and i will say again i'm sure in my own mind or remember this clearly. we have two periods. it's pre-and post-aig bonuses. chris was very in fairly lame because he tried to stop aig bonuses. people accused him of allowing them and that is when all the anger really i think was unleashed. >> whatever political demonization happened whether it was necessary or not my question...
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obama's head or the senate's. the democrats have no particular stake in passing a continuing resolution or raising debt ceiling -- raising the debt ceiling other than keeping public order and doing what any reasonable person expects congress to do. no, the gun is raised at the nation as a whole. that's why descriptions like ransom and hostage are not mere words, they're as close as the english language gets to accurately describing the g.o.p. strategy." so our message is clear to speaker boehner -- put down the gunmengun. put it down. open government. allow us to pay our bills. and, yes, we want to sit down and work out our differences. let the democratic process proceed. open government, pay our bills, and let's negotiate a fair agreement. with that, mr. president, i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. ms. landrieu: thank you, mr. president. i suggest we tkeus pwers with the quorum
obama's head or the senate's. the democrats have no particular stake in passing a continuing resolution or raising debt ceiling -- raising the debt ceiling other than keeping public order and doing what any reasonable person expects congress to do. no, the gun is raised at the nation as a whole. that's why descriptions like ransom and hostage are not mere words, they're as close as the english language gets to accurately describing the g.o.p. strategy." so our message is clear to speaker...
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we've seen the irs targeting the political enemy of president obama. which is seen the irs citizen groups tell us what books your reading, prepare ebook report on the books for reading. we have seen this telling other citizens tell us the content of your prayers. you know what clacks the federal government has no business asking any american the content of our prayers. [applause] on one level this scandal reflects the corruption and abuse of the power of the obama administration. but on another level it is indicative of just too much power in washington. [applause] when the federal government thinks it has that much power over our lives, it doesn't matter which party is in power. something is wrong. and that's why i think the simplest and the best solution is we should abolish the irs. [applause] we should move to a simple, fair, flat tax -- [applause] so every american can fill out his or her taxes on a postcard. [applause] now in washington, d.c., that is what is known as crazy talk. [laughter] because listen, let's be very clear abolishing the irs,
we've seen the irs targeting the political enemy of president obama. which is seen the irs citizen groups tell us what books your reading, prepare ebook report on the books for reading. we have seen this telling other citizens tell us the content of your prayers. you know what clacks the federal government has no business asking any american the content of our prayers. [applause] on one level this scandal reflects the corruption and abuse of the power of the obama administration. but on another...
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philadelphians and thousands and thousands more across pennsylvania without health care because of a political fight, and a lack of understanding of what this bill can do and what president obama's work on the affordable care act can mean for americans all across the united states, and certainly in pennsylvania. fighting about same-sex marriage, why are we so worried about who other people love? people should be able to love and be with whomever they want to be with anywhere in the united states of america. [applause] building prisons when we should be building schools. when we invest in education you get less in cars ration. and so these are the challenges that we face and reverend al talked about voter id. voter id is a big issue. in the state of pennsylvania and, unfortunately, again many are supporting these efforts to dissuade or disrupt or cause confusion at the polling place. no one should be taking action to dissuade folks are voting. we need to take action to encourage folks to be engaged in the voting process. so these are some of the challenges that we face back home in philadelphia
philadelphians and thousands and thousands more across pennsylvania without health care because of a political fight, and a lack of understanding of what this bill can do and what president obama's work on the affordable care act can mean for americans all across the united states, and certainly in pennsylvania. fighting about same-sex marriage, why are we so worried about who other people love? people should be able to love and be with whomever they want to be with anywhere in the united...
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what impact if any is obama coming out in favor of lgbt gay marriage during the case on the political impact of the decision and the ultimate legal impact of the decision? >> well, the president's decision that he was going to support marriage for same-sex couples that he thought was unconstitutional to deny federal recognition resulted in the government changing sides of the doma case. i think there's an enormous advantage when you go to the supreme court to have the solicitor general on your side saying yes we think this is unconstitutional. i think it changes the calculus and all of the federal courts where that was up but i think there would be the least of it. it's no accident that at the same e. election where barack obama won the second term the voters of minnesota became the first to reject the amendment for same-sex couples and voters in maine, maryland and washington state all voted to have marriage for same-sex couples. so we went beyond state legislatures began modestly into the popular votes. and i think the president was a major help in making that happen. and i think th
what impact if any is obama coming out in favor of lgbt gay marriage during the case on the political impact of the decision and the ultimate legal impact of the decision? >> well, the president's decision that he was going to support marriage for same-sex couples that he thought was unconstitutional to deny federal recognition resulted in the government changing sides of the doma case. i think there's an enormous advantage when you go to the supreme court to have the solicitor general on...
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he does not want to do that to president obama. i think he is tired of politics. i think he is just done. he said when he saw obama's hand go up on a nokia duration day, he thought to himself on the free at last, free at last. only would happen in this town. that when he is leaving office. he recalls morgan freeman had been president himself. lannett --re the that a comet hits the planet and destroys all civilization. i think he was exhausted. did not want to be part of the whole environment anymore. >> president of bush flew with president obama. hitched a ride on air force one to the nelson mandela funeral. during the flight he came back, longer with a reporter than on air force one probably on the air force -- probably than the whole presidency combined. what have you heard about what he said? >> i am under no obligation. the reports i have heard is he came back for 90 minutes. he left at one point and came back with laura a second time. without giving anything away, i think in general he was very relaxed. .hatting about painting has obviously picked up a hobby
he does not want to do that to president obama. i think he is tired of politics. i think he is just done. he said when he saw obama's hand go up on a nokia duration day, he thought to himself on the free at last, free at last. only would happen in this town. that when he is leaving office. he recalls morgan freeman had been president himself. lannett --re the that a comet hits the planet and destroys all civilization. i think he was exhausted. did not want to be part of the whole environment...
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so when barack obama entered the national political scene, he was determined to work at the intersection of religion and politics and to try to do something about this also -- this false premise that progressives and democrats had a disregard for even antipathy toward faith and values. we heard echoes of this approach
so when barack obama entered the national political scene, he was determined to work at the intersection of religion and politics and to try to do something about this also -- this false premise that progressives and democrats had a disregard for even antipathy toward faith and values. we heard echoes of this approach
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so when barack obama entered the national political scene, he was determined to work at the intersection of religion and politics and to try to do something about this also -- this false premise that progressives and democrats had a disregard for even antipathy toward faith and values. we heard echoes of this approach in his 2004 democratic convention speech, a speech that got me involved in politics. he said that we worship an awesome god in the blue states. then there was his address to reverend jim wallis's call to a renewal conference in 2006, a speech that i was honored to work with him in the senate office and he developed a template for how this president would engage issues. in that speech, then senator obama declared that, "our failure as progressives to tap into the moral underpinnings of this nation is not just rhetorical. our fear of getting preachy may also lead us to discount the role that values and culture play in some of our most urgent social problems. he went on to say individual churches are sponsoring day care programs, building senior centers, helping ex offenders r
so when barack obama entered the national political scene, he was determined to work at the intersection of religion and politics and to try to do something about this also -- this false premise that progressives and democrats had a disregard for even antipathy toward faith and values. we heard echoes of this approach in his 2004 democratic convention speech, a speech that got me involved in politics. he said that we worship an awesome god in the blue states. then there was his address to...
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money and politics applies applies to president obama without a doubt and we have covered it along the way and we will continue to do so and then looking towards 2014 and 2016 to cover those candidates. >> host: andy kroll's's most recent pieces. leaks documents reveal the secret finance and the pro-industry signs with the california watchdog koch brothers network behind 15 million-dollar dark money donations. all of those at "mother jones".com and andy kroll thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> guest: thank you. >> what's the most important issue congress should consider in 2014? just a question for middle and high school students at c-span's video competition. make a five to seven minute documentary that shows varying points of view and include c-span video for your chance to win the grand prize of five dozen dollars. this year we have doubled the number of winners in total prizes. entries must be in by january 20, 2014. need more information? go to studentcam.org. thursday the son of homeland security committee held a hearing examining the shooting at the washington d.c. n
money and politics applies applies to president obama without a doubt and we have covered it along the way and we will continue to do so and then looking towards 2014 and 2016 to cover those candidates. >> host: andy kroll's's most recent pieces. leaks documents reveal the secret finance and the pro-industry signs with the california watchdog koch brothers network behind 15 million-dollar dark money donations. all of those at "mother jones".com and andy kroll thanks so much for...